Thousands of students and teachers in Philadelphia are being put at risk of cancer in classrooms, an investigation has found.

Asbestos has historically been used in a variety of construction materials — large and small — including roofing shingles, cement pipes, popcorn ceilings and insulation.

Ratepayers are having to foot a hefty clean-up bill after asbestos and building waste was dumped at the Waimakariri River. Waimakariri zone delivery lead Marco Cataloni said a member of the public ...

The EPA’s latest decision to review its own 2024 ban on chrysotile asbestos reignites a regulatory tug of war that has spanned decades, administrations, and now, political ideologies. What counts as ...

Frankford could possibly operate in its full building for the 2025-26 school year. Asbestos was commonly used in plaster, paint, floor tile, caulk, insulation and building materials until the 1970s.

About 300 of the school district's aging set of 339 buildings contain asbestos, the U.S. attorney's office said in a release. Asbestos, a construction material in wide use until the 1980s, has ...

Twice in June the EPA came to Waukegan -- June 4 and 26 -- to learn the public’s ideas about how to handle the site.

About 300 of the school district's aging set of 339 buildings contain asbestos, the U.S. attorney's office said in a release. Asbestos, a construction material in wide use until the 1980s, has ...

Deputies from a Florida county responded to a call about a kitten with its head stuck in a pipe. The Lee County Sheriff's Office made contact with people who found the kitten wedged in a pipe.

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — The Environmental Protection Agency told a federal appeals court it will reconsider the Biden administration's ban on the last type of asbestos used in the United States to ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged Philadelphia’s public schools with failing to properly inspect eight schools for damaged asbestos. The district agreed to have the ...

Asbestos is linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually and causes mesothelioma as well as other cancers and has been largely phased out of U.S. buildings.